COMPANY D, THIRD REGIMENT, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA.
[The following historical sketch of Company D, Third Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (a nine months’ campaign during the
War of the Rebellion), was prepared by Capt. ANDREW R. WRIGHT, and
read by him at the reunion of the Third Regiment, held at Lincoln
Park, Mass.]
In the month of August, 1862, a call was made by the President
of the United States for three hundred thousand troops to aid in
suppressing the rebellion then still existing, and to serve for a
term of nine months, or during the war. In compliance with that
call the Commonwealth of Massachusetts proceeded to mobilize the
militia of the State, by reorganizing the old regiments not then
in the field, and by forming a number of new regiments for service
under that call. Among the old regiments included in that call was
the Third, which was located in the Old Colony district. Company D
of this regiment was recruited up to the maximum, one hundred and
one men, as required at that time by the laws of the United States
governing the service in time of war. The company was composed of
men enlisted from Fall River and Westport. When nearly the full
number had been recruited, an election of officers was held in the
City Hall in Fall River, at which election Col. Silas P. Richmond
presided. The election resulted in the choice of Andrew R. Wright as
captain, Thomas McFarland as first lieutenant, and George Reynolds as
second lieutenant. In a few days afterwards the ranks having reached
the required number, the company was ordered to proceed to the camp
of instruction at Lakeville, which had been prepared by the State for
such instruction to the raw troops as might be given to them previous
to being called into active service at the front, and also to issue
necessary clothing and equipments. The camp was known as “Camp Joe
Hooker.” While there the company was drilled in the setting-up drill
and company movements, also practical instruction in guard duty.
[Illustration: CAPT. ANDREW R. WRIGHT.]
On the 23d of September, 1862, the company was mustered into the
United States service by a regular army officer; the company was
paraded in two ranks, the ranks were opened and the front rank faced
the rear; the mustering officer, having the muster roll, passed
between the ranks from left to right critically examining each man as
he came before him. Not one was rejected. After the identification
and inspection the men collectively were required to remove their
caps, hold up their right hands and take the oath to support the laws
and constitution of the United States. The parade was then dismissed,
and the company was then truly a portion of Uncle Sam’s army for the
defence of the Union. The non-commissioned officers were appointed as
follows:
Sergeants: Samuel B. Hinckley, First; Francis McGraw, Almanzor S.
Elsbree, James Holt, Thomas A. Austin.
Corporals: Ashael M. Borden, Cornelius Kelley, Jr., Philip Chase,
Charles E. Slade, William H. Wright, William H. Monroe, Sierra L.
Braley, Charles F. Tripp.
After the muster the company was furloughed for one week that they
might make a last visit to friends before leaving for the front.
At the expiration of the furlough all returned to camp except two;
one of whom deserted the service, the other was returned to the
company by the provost guard after they reached Newbern. After all
preparations had been made the company had orders to break camp
and proceed to Newbern, N. C., via Boston, and thence by steamer
to point of destination. On the morning of departure from Camp Joe
Hooker, the regimental line was formed for the first time, Company
D being upon the extreme left of the line. The company with the
rest of the regiment marched from the camp to the railroad station
at Lakeville on the line of the Old Colony road and embarked upon
cars and were transported to Boston, marched through the city and
went on board the steamer _Mississippi_ that was to convey the whole
of the Fifth and half of the Third Regiments to North Carolina.
To say that the steamer was full conveys but a faint idea of the
crowded condition of the vessel, and many of the men realized for
the first time the discomforts and privations of campaigning; and
this was but the beginning of hardships they endured during their
nine months’ campaign in the swamps and pine barrens of the old
“North State.” After an uneventful voyage by steamer, the company
arrived at Morehead City and disembarked, then were transported on
flat, uncovered freight cars to Newbern; arriving there they were
marched to the first camp occupied by the regiment in Dixie. In
honor of the colonel it was named Camp Richmond. It was located on
the banks of the Neuse River and on the left of the Forty-fourth
Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, who had preceded the
Third a few days. During all this time neither the regiment nor
the company had been supplied with arms, and were not so supplied
until some days after the arrival, when early one evening the long
roll was sounded and report came in from the front, some six miles
away, that our pickets had been driven in and the enemy was then
marching upon Newbern. Then the arms and ammunition were issued to
the regiment and as soon as possible the company was paraded in the
company street, anxiously awaiting the call to form regimental line;
but the alarm proved false and the company was dismissed to quarters,
and the camp quieted down for the night. Subsequently, upon critical
examination of the arms that had been issued, they proved to be a
lot of Austrian rifles, and were nearly worthless. The men were very
much discouraged, as the springs in the locks of some of the rifles
were so weak that it was impossible to explode a percussion cap with
the hammers; but by the skill of Sergeant Austin and the use of tools
procured from the ordnance officers of the department the guns of the
company were got into quite serviceable condition, but were far from
satisfactory at any time during the company’s term of service.
From this time forward until early in the month of December, 1862,
the company was engaged in the regular camp and garrison duty,
among which were company, battalion, and brigade drills. To vary
the monotony of camp life somewhat, the company with Company C
were detailed for picket duty on the railroad between Newbern and
Beaufort, occupying a deserted rebel cavalry camp. The company
remained there two weeks and then returned to Newbern.
On the evening of December 10, 1862, after dress parade, the colonel
commanding gave orders to prepare three days’ cooked rations, and,
upon the following day, to issue the same to the men, and also to see
that they were provided with serviceable shoes and two pairs of new
socks for each man, that forty rounds of ammunition be supplied each
cartridge box, that the trunks of all officers and the knapsacks of
enlisted men be packed with all necessary articles and made ready
for the wagoners who would take them on the following afternoon.
All these unusual orders could mean but one thing, and that was an
expedition into the enemy’s country; and, acting upon these orders,
Company D made requisitions upon the quartermaster and commissary for
the requisite amount of supplies to comply with the order. The camp
was stripped of everything not absolutely necessary for use by the
men. Before daylight on the morning of the 11th, the regimental line
was formed and troops marched out into the Neuse road that ran from
Newbern out into the enemy’s country. Very little apparent progress
was made that day, much time being consumed straightening out the
column, and it was late when the company went into bivouac, passing
under a magnificent arch of fire formed by the blazing trunks of
turpentine trees that lined either side of the road and almost as far
as the eye could reach on the right and left of the column. The next
day the regiment was detailed to guard the baggage train and slow
progress was made.
On the 14th occurred the battle of Kinston, and the company being in
line of battle for the first time, it was attached to the brigade
commanded by Colonel Lee of the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts
Regiment, and was on the extreme left of the line, it being in close
proximity to a field hospital. The sight of the wounded and dying
being brought from the front and through the lines to the hospital
was not a cheerful prospect, nor one calculated to enliven the
spirits of the men while expecting at any moment to receive the order
to advance into the circle of fire, but no man flinched and all were
ready for whatever duty might be required of them. The brigade being
in the rear line of battle was not actively engaged with the enemy.
The enemy was defeated and the Union column entered Kinston early in
the evening of that day and went into bivouac in a large field or
common in front of the town. There they remained until the following
morning. After going into bivouac strict orders were promulgated from
general headquarters forbidding foraging in the town, but sometime
in the middle of the night the company was mysteriously supplied
with a most bountiful supply of all needful provisions and many of
the luxuries of life in the shape of canned jellies, fruits, and
preserves, and for once at least the company reveled in a grand
banquet.
The next morning the company with the rest of the troops evacuated
the town and took up the line of march toward Whitehall, which was
reached the following day in the afternoon. Here a fierce artillery
fight took place, the right brigade of the column and most, if not
all of the artillery, being engaged with the enemy.
The brigade to which the Third Massachusetts Regiment and Company D
was attached, passed around the base of a hill in the rear of the
line of battle (but well within range of the enemy’s sharpshooters,
as the singing of their rifle bullets passing just above the heads
of the company so eloquently testified) to the right of the position
held by the enemy, and which they evacuated that night. The company
bivouacked the same night upon a sandy plain on the edge of a forest,
with hungry stomachs and empty haversacks; but they were very
fortunate in finding the commissary wagons that night and securing
a fifty-pound box of hardtack and a few pounds of mixed coffee and
sugar, which proved a very welcome supper.
On the next day, the 17th of December, the company met the enemy;
the brigade to which the regiment was attached being upon the right
of the column, found itself in the immediate vicinity of the enemy
early in the forenoon, the skirmishers driving in their pickets and
developing their position near a bridge on the Wilmington and Welden
Railroad that crosses the Neuse River near the town of Goldsboro.
After a sharp engagement the enemy retired; the Union Infantry
Regiments were marched to a position near the railroad, stacked
arms, and commenced to destroy the road, which was effectively
accomplished for a number of miles. At the same time the bridge was
fired and destroyed, thus for the time crippling the road, which
was supposed to be one of the leading lines of communication of the
Confederate army of Northern Virginia with the southern portion of
the Confederacy.
When preparing to leave the field an alarm was made that the enemy
had rallied, reformed their lines, and were about to make an attack.
The alarm proved to be correct, our lines were hastily reformed to
resist such attack. It was at this time that the company first met
the enemy face to face, as they came down the railroad embankment
like a swarm of immense gray ants. They formed line of battle in the
open fields as on parade, and started with a yell to make a charge
upon the Union lines some three hundred yards in their front. These
lines were composed of troops of which Company D of the Third
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia formed a part.
Sections of the New York Artillery and Belger’s Rhode Island battery
of Parrott guns were rapidly placed in position in the immediate
front of the infantry lines formed to resist the charge of the enemy,
and hurled such terrible charges of grape and canister into the faces
of the enemy that no human courage could withstand, and, before more
than half the distance that separated the contending lines had been
traversed, the enemy’s lines were broken, and those of the enemy who
were able to do so sought shelter in the thick woods on their left,
followed by showers of bullets from the rifles of the infantry. While
this scene was terribly exciting, so far as known not a man left the
ranks of Company D, with the exception of one man slightly wounded by
a fragment of an exploded shell.
This action ended the active hostilities of this expedition of
the Eighteenth Army Corps into the enemy’s country. It failed of
its co-operative purpose, as the Army of the Potomac had been
disastrously defeated at Fredericksburg a short time previous, thus
enabling the commander of the Confederate forces to reinforce at any
point. The expedition returned to Newbern without incident, and
shortly after were ordered to inscribe upon their colors the words
“Kinston,” “Whitehall,” and “Goldsboro,” to commemorate the battles
that were fought at the locations indicated.
An inspiring sight gladdened the hearts of the company when
approaching Newbern on the return from the expedition, in the
appearance of the Stars and Stripes floating in the air from the
flagstaff on Fort Totten; it seemed to welcome the column home from
the dangers and hardships it had endured in its defence.
The company went into its old quarters at Camp Richmond, and the
regular routine of camp duty commenced. The trunks and knapsacks were
again returned by the wagoners, and the company were housekeeping
comfortably once more. Nothing of great interest occurred until
early in the year of 1863, the company in the meantime participating
with the regiment in two or three marches into the enemy’s country,
but with no apparent results. In the late winter or early spring
of 1863 the enemy made a reconnoissance in force along the whole
line of the department, and seemed determined to make an assault
upon Newbern from the left flank of the Neuse River and directly
opposite of the town, but they were held at bay by a comparatively
small force, when, with the assistance of the gunboats, they were
compelled to retire. A strong demonstration was made upon the lines
immediately in front of Newbern, strong reinforcements, among whom
were the Third Regiment with Company D attached, were hurried to the
front, remaining under arms all night, and momentarily expecting an
attack, but no assault came and the enemy withdrew. They seemed more
determined upon the extreme right of the lines of the department,
as they erected batteries upon the river bluff opposite the town of
Little Washington, thus cutting off communication with the troops
occupying that position, and the rest of the department, also
holding the general commanding the department at the time the enemy
closed the river. To relieve this condition of affairs, a column was
formed of all the available troops then in Newbern, among whom was
the regiment to which Company D was attached, and an attempt was
made to reach the rear of the enemy’s position in front of Little
Washington by way of a road crossing Blount’s Creek in the rear of
the position held by the enemy; but the attempt failed, although
the artillery attached to the column and the right of the brigade to
which the company was attached, were actively engaged with the enemy
perhaps for a half hour. Yet, for some unexplained reason, the order
was given to retreat on Newbern, which the column reached without
molestation by the enemy, and the troops in a dispirited frame of
mind, as they could not understand the grand strategy exhibited upon
this expedition.
About this time a number of regiments returned to the department
from South Carolina, where they had been sent some months before
to re-enforce General Hunter in his operations against the rebel
position in and about Fort Sumter and the approaches to Charleston.
About the time that these troops returned to the department
General Foster bravely succeeded in running the blockade at Little
Washington, and suddenly appeared at Newbern. Affairs quickly assumed
a different aspect. He immediately organized two expeditions, one
to reach the rear of the rebel position that was besieging Little
Washington, the other to make a demonstration on Kinston. Company D
was attached to the latter column, and with the rest of the troops
was transported by train to Batchelder’s Creek, the extreme front
line of the department. The company remained here a few days, and
with the rest of the regiment and other troops, made threatening
demonstrations upon the enemy’s position in front of Kinston. No
decisive action was had, but the demonstrations there and at Little
Washington had the effect of raising the siege of that place, and the
enemy retreated from his threatening positions before the whole line,
and quiet reigned again.
In the early spring an order was received by the commanding officer
of Company D from regimental headquarters to report to General
Wessels, then in temporary command of the department, for instruction
in some special duty. The officer so ordered immediately reported,
and, in the interview with the general, the officer was told that
information had been received that the enemy were preparing to erect
fortifications at a locality some twelve or fourteen miles below
Newbern, on the northerly bank of the Neuse river, and known as
Wilkinson’s Point, for the purpose of blockading the river, thus
closing this very important line of water communication by which the
department received a very large part of its supplies of all kinds.
He then gave the following order, “You will take with yourself
your first lieutenant, two or three non-commissioned officers and
fifty privates; see that they are provided with three days’ cooked
rations in their haversacks and forty rounds of ammunition in their
cartridge boxes. You will leave camp at five o’clock in the morning,
march to the government wharf in the rear of general headquarters
and go on board a steamer which you will find awaiting you there.
A topographical engineer will be taken on board from the surveying
steamer lying in the stream; you will then proceed down the river,
being convoyed by one of the gunboats, the commanding officer of
which has been given his instructions. Arriving near the point, your
steamer will come to anchor, and you will observe closely whether
signs of the enemy can be seen from the steamer; if there are
indications that the enemy are in force then the gunboat will shell
the place vigorously to drive them back from the point, when you will
land your command under cover of the fire of the gunboat, and make a
thorough inspection of the work that has been done by the enemy, and
effectually destroy any fortifications that may have been begun. The
engineer will land with you and make such plans and drawings as he
may think proper. If upon your arrival at the point no signs of the
enemy are apparent, you will land half of your command and endeavor
to ascertain whether any unusual number of people, either soldiers
or civilians, have visited or made surveys of the point; thoroughly
examine the location one or two miles back from the point and upon
either side of it, and make report to these headquarters through your
regimental commander.”
The officer, after receiving these instructions, was dismissed by the
general with the significant remark that “this duty may be a pleasant
excursion, or it may prove to be a very serious matter. Let us hope
that it will turn out to be the former.”
The captain immediately returned to the regimental camp and the
detachment was fully prepared that night. It was off bright and early
the next morning; the point was reached in due time, but no signs of
the enemy were seen. A detail of twenty-five men and sergeants, under
the command of Lieutenant McFarland, was landed from the steamer and
spent several hours seeking for knowledge of the enemy, but none
was obtained and the detail was re-embarked and the steamer and
detachment returned to Newbern the same day, the detail reaching
camp about dusk, much pleased with this pleasant tour of duty.
Sometime in the month of May Company D with E and F companies was
detailed for a tour of two weeks’ picket duty at Deep Gully, at the
extreme front of this department. Nothing of moment occurred during
the time occupied in this duty. At the expiration of two weeks the
detail returned to camp at Newbern.
The term of service was now drawing near its close. Quite naturally
the members of the company were impatient to return to the dear
friends at home. In due time the order came to break camp and proceed
to Boston. All camp and garrison equipage was collected and turned
over to an officer detailed from general headquarters to receive
it. All articles belonging to the company not otherwise needed was
distributed to the comrades of other regiments in the department.
Early in June the regiment paraded in heavy marching order and
marched out of the camp, where, upon the whole, so many pleasant
days had been passed, and lasting friendships had been formed. The
regiment marched through the town and gayly gave a marching salute to
the brigade commander as it passed his headquarters. The colonel,
staff, colors and right wing of the regiment marched to the railroad
station in Newbern and was transported to Morehead City, thence took
the steamer _S. R. Spaulding_ to Boston. The left wing, to which
Company D was attached, proceeded to the wharf in rear of general
headquarters and went on board the steamer _Tillie_ and sailed down
the river to Hatteras Inlet, remaining inside the bar until the
following morning, then proceeded to sea and reached Boston in due
time. Escorted by the Forty-fourth Regiment, the Third marched to the
Old Colony railway station, saluting the Governor of the Commonwealth
when passing the State House. Company D with the rest of the regiment
was furloughed for one week with orders to report at Camp Joe Hooker,
Lakeville, at that time, there to be mustered out of the United
States service. Companies C and D were transported to Fall River,
where a very cordial reception awaited them by the city government.
Upon the expiration of the furlough the company returned to Camp
Joe Hooker, and, on June 26, 1863, was mustered out of service and
returned to their several homes; and it is to be believed none
regretted the duty which he had been able to perform for the country
in its time of need.
CORRECTED ROSTER OF COMPANY D.
[WRITTEN BY COMRADE VERNON WADE.]
[The first figures indicate age at enlistment: the city and town, the
place of enlistment.]
ANDREW R. WRIGHT, Captain; 30; Fall River. Attended Fall River
schools. Learned the trade of a machinist. In 1853 went to
California, where he remained four years. On his return to Fall River
worked at his trade. A man of staunch character. Organized Company
D, which was attached to Third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, and was with his company during the North Carolina campaign;
participated in all the battles of the regiment and was mustered out
of the same. Returned to Fall River. Worked four years at his trade
in Providence, again returned to Fall River, and was associated with
A. G. Thurston in mechanical business. Was City Marshal of Fall
River nine years. Was elected high sheriff of Bristol County, which
office he held eighteen years. Keeper also of Taunton jail. Died in
Fall River, July 3, 1899, leaving a widow and two children. Was a
member of Mount Hope Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Richard Borden Post, G.
A. R., the Unitarian Society, and Fall River Board of Trade. Highly
respected by all, as a citizen, soldier, and business gentleman, he
lived beloved, and died lamented by his company and his large circle
of friends.
THOMAS MCFARLAND, First Lieutenant; 36; Fall River. Born in
Scotland, 1826. Came to Fall River and worked in one of the cotton
mills. Enlisted in Company D, and was elected first lieutenant in
same, served with his company through the nine months’ campaign.
Re-enlisted and was promoted captain of Company G, Fifty-eighth
Massachusetts Infantry. Killed at battle of Cold Harbor, June 3,
1864, leaving a widow and two children.
GEORGE REYNOLDS, JR., Second Lieutenant; 24; Fall River. He was a
faithful officer and a true friend to every man in the Company. He
is engaged in the wholesale fish business in Fall River and lives in
Tiverton, R. I. He is a great admirer of horses and but few can tell
all the points of a good blooded horse better than George.
SAMUEL B. HINCKLY, First Sergeant; 30; Fall River. He re-enlisted and
was promoted captain of Company G, Fifty-eighth Regiment, where he
proved himself a brave, discreet officer, who won the confidence of
all his men in battle by his cool courage, devotion to his country,
and his unlimited patriotism for country and the Old Flag. Soon after
the war he went to Riverside, California, where he now has an orange
grove of ten acres. Samuel always has on hand a treat for all who
visit him, and an extra box of the best fruit for any member of the
old Third.
ALMANZA S. ELSBREE, Sergeant; 28; Fall River. For many years after
the war he had charge of a stationary engine. He died Dec. 26, 1893,
respected by a large circle of friends, leaving a widow and two
children.
FRANK MCGRAW, Sergeant; 30; Fall River. He was born in Ireland and
came to America a strong, vigorous youth. He enlisted in Company D,
Sept. 23, 1862; served in the nine months’ campaign, and was mustered
out with the regiment. He re-enlisted in 1864 and was detailed in the
signal corps with Sherman, marching with him to the sea. After the
war for many years he was in business in Fall River, where he was
highly respected. He was appointed inspector of the Fall River police
force. He died in Fall River, May 26, 1892, leaving three children.
By request Rev. J. G. Gammons conducted the funeral service. Gen. O.
O. Howard was present and made complimentary remarks on the soldierly
character of Comrade McGraw. A large concourse of people were present
including Richard Borden Post, G. A. R., of which he was an honored
and an active member. He was buried with military honors in the
beautiful Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River.
JAMES HOLT, Sergeant; 24; Fall River. He was taken sick with typhoid
fever in Newbern and carried to the hospital, from which he was
discharged and returned to the company. He died April 30, 1869. A
widow and two sons survive him.
THOMAS AUSTIN; age, 26; Fall River. Unknown.
ASHIEL M. BORDEN, Corporal; 24; Fall River. He was a good, true
soldier, served his time of enlistment, and was discharged with the
regiment. He died Aug. 9, 1871, leaving a widow and four children.
The widow was burned to death several years ago; two children are now
living.
CORNELIUS KELLEY, JR., Corporal; 31; Fall River. Died several years
ago.
PHILIP CHASE, Corporal; 28; Fall River. He was a member of the
Seventh Massachusetts Regiment Militia, June 15, 1861. He enlisted
in the Third Regiment Sept. 23, 1862. He enlisted in the Thirteenth
Regiment, Company K, Sept. 1, 1864. He was mustered out Nov. 23.
1865. He is now a hotel clerk.
CHARLES E. SLADE, Corporal; 26; Fall River. He was taken sick and
sent to the Stanley Hospital, Newbern, soon after he arrived there.
When sufficiently recovered he was detailed as nurse. He returned
home with the regiment and mustered out with the same. After the war
he went into business. He was elected superintendent of Grant Mill
in Fall River, a position which he filled to the satisfaction of
the corporation. He died Feb. 8, 1895. He left a son who resides in
Providence, R. I., and a daughter who is the wife of George W. Bliss,
a grocer in Fall River.
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, Corporal; 26; Westport. He re-enlisted in Company
G, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers. He wore a medal which had
been presented to him by Queen Victoria. He was a prisoner of war and
was confined in Salisbury Prison, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 1865.
WILLIAM H. MONROE, Corporal; 22; Fall River. He was also lieutenant
in the Sixtieth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. On returning home
he engaged in the painting, decorating, and paper hanging business.
He resides in San Pedro, California, and has one son living in
Trinidad, Colorado.
SIERRA L. BRALEY, Corporal; 19; Fall River. He re-enlisted Dec. 11,
1863, as sergeant, Battery L, Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to
second lieutenant, April 16, 1865. He was lieutenant United States
Colored Troops, June 3, 1865. He was first lieutenant of Company D,
State Militia in 1866, and captain in 1868. He was quartermaster of
the Third Battery, Sept. 1, 1876. He was captain of Company M, Dec.
17, 1878, and resigned Jan. 1, 1879. He was bookkeeper for George E.
Hoar until his death, which occurred Feb. 27, 1901, in Fall River. A
widow and one daughter survive him, living in Fall River.
CHARLES P. TRIPP, Corporal; 21; Westport. He is by trade a carpenter.
He served during the nine months’ campaign. He was badly injured
while tearing up the railroad track at the battle of Goldsboro. He
came home and was mustered out with the regiment. He was a contractor
and builder for many years in Fall River. He served five terms as
councilman in the City Government. He was a member of several mystic
orders, G. A. R., and Red Men. He died April 29, 1895.
EDWIN J. DYER, Musician; 18; Fall River. He re-enlisted twice and was
for a time in the commissary department. After muster out he went
into the machinery business. He was a clothier, a mercantile agent,
and is now president of a life insurance company. He is a member of
Post No. 2, G. A. R., Boston. He resides in Dorchester, Mass.
CHARLES C. BORDEN, Musician; 17; Fall River. Unknown.
VALENTINE PERRY, Wagoner; 39; Fall River. Died Jan. 19, 1901.
_Privates._
ASH, THOMAS; 20; Fall River. Unknown.
BAKER, JEREMIAH D.; 40; Fall River. At the time of enlistment he
was a nailer. He re-enlisted in Company G, Corporal, Fifty-eighth
Regiment, March 26th and was mustered out July 14, 1865. He went into
the quarry business. He died leaving a widow, now eighty-five years
old, and three children.
BRIGHTMAN, WILLIAM B.; 21; Fall River. A fisherman in Alaskan waters.
BRIGHTMAN, JAMES; 20; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Company I, Second
Regiment Heavy Artillery as Corporal, Sept. 3, 1865.
BROWN, SAMUEL; 22; Westport. He re-enlisted in Company G,
Fifty-eighth Massachusetts. He died of wounds May 12, 1864.
BORDEN, ISAAC S.; 23; Westport. He re-enlisted in Fifty-eighth
Regiment, March 12, 1864. He was wounded in battle and discharged
July 14, 1865. He is a grocer.
BRADBURY, ROBERT; 37; Westport. Discharged May 12, 1863. Dead.
COOGAN, JAMES; 40; Fall River. Dead.
CLARKSON, THOMAS; 27; Fall River. Wounded in the battle of Goldsboro.
Died Jan. 6, 1897.
CANNADY, WILLIAM J.; 18; Fall River; Moulder. Resides in Fall River.
CURREN, JAMES; 19; Westport. Dead.
CASEY, MICHAEL; 23; Westport. Re-enlisted in Company F, Fifty-eighth
Massachusetts Regiment. Mustered out July 16, 1865.
CORDINGLY, THOMAS R.; 36; Westport. Dead.
CUTLER, ISRAEL; 26; Westport. Unknown.
DAVIS, JOHN P.; 44; Fall River. Known as company’s poet. Dead.
DACY, TIMOTHY; 40; Fall River. Dead.
DEMARANVILLE, STEPHEN E.; 21; Westport. Supposed to be living in New
Bedford.
DONOVAN, EDWARD M.; 25; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Company G,
Fifty-eighth Regiment. He was wounded and taken prisoner Sept. 31,
1864. He died in Petersburg.
DAVAL, HENRY S.; 23; Westport. Dead.
DWYER, WILLIAM; 27; Westport. He re-enlisted in Company G,
Fifty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. He was wounded June 18, 1864.
Dead.
DOLAN, ANDREW; 36; Westport. Dead.
DILLON, JOHN; 22; Westport. Deserted Sept. 25, 1862.
DYER, STEPHEN K.; 18; Westport. Died in Newbern, June 6, 1863.
EARL, ANDREW R.; 23; Westport. Known as the “large man” (265 pounds),
had his suits made to order--“the baby of Company D.” A brave and
fearless soldier, who was faithful to every duty and was never
scared. Resides at Soldiers Home, Santa Monica, Cal. Fell down an
elevator well and broke his legs while at work in San Francisco.
FOLGER, DAVID J.; 23; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Company M, Second
Massachusetts Cavalry. He was a prisoner in Libby and Andersonville
nine months with twenty of his comrades who were taken at the same
time, and was the only one to survive the hardships of prison life.
He was a carriage manufacturer and continued in that business until
his death, June 4, 1901. A widow and one daughter living in Amesbury,
Mass., survive him.
FRANCIS, WILLIAM; 19; Fall River. Died in Fall River.
FRAWLEY, PATRICK; 32; Fall River. Unknown.
FREELOVE, RICHMOND D.; 24; Fall River. Died in Fall River.
FAY, EDWARD; 23; Westport. Farmer, grocer, business man; lives with
his son in Bolton, Mass.
FLAHERTY, JOHN; 33; Fall River. Died in Fall River, Dec. 15, 1893.
GRUSH, FREDERICK A.; 22; Fall River. He re-enlisted as First Sergeant
in Company G, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry. He was taken
prisoner at the battle of Crater July 30th, and died at Annapolis,
Md., October, 1864.
HACKLEY, JOHN; 40; Westport. Died in 1863.
HAYSTON, THOMAS; 31; Fall River. Dead.
HANSON, GEORGE; 18; Fall River. Re-enlisted July 21, 1864, in
Sixtieth Unattached Company, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Oil
merchant.
HARRINGTON, TIMOTHY; 23; Westport. Dead.
HARRINGTON, DANIEL; 19; Westport. Lives in Fall River.
HARRINGTON, JOHN; 18; Westport. Dead.
HOOLHEN, MICHAEL; 21; Westport. Unknown.
JORDEN, JAMES; 18; Fall River. Discharged June 10, 1863. Transferred;
did not return with the regiment.
KIDD, THOMAS; 40; Fall River. Resides in Fall River. Clerk.
KAYLOR, WILLIAM; 24; Westport. Known as “Lawyer Kaylor;” very active
in learning and expounding army regulations, services to be rendered
and rations due each man. Died Feb. 8, 1898.
LEADWITH, JAMES; 20; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Company H,
Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment. He was discharged at the end of
the war. He is a painter and lives in Fall River.
LEVALLY, BENJAMIN W.; 18; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Captain
Hurlburt’s company of cavalry. He died in Fall River, Aug. 17, 1900.
LEARY, JAMES; 18; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Company G,
Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry. He was wounded May 12th and
taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. He was killed on railroad crossing at
Fall River, Mass.
MANCHESTER, GILBERT; 19; Westport. Unknown.
MURPHY, JEREMIAH E.; 21; Fall River. Unknown.
MILLER, GEORGE; 34; Westport. Supposed to be dead.
MARSHALL, JOHN; 24; Westport. Unknown.
MURPHY, TIMOTHY; 32; Fall River. Dead.
MORTON, CHARLES H.; 21; Fall River. Commissioned second lieutenant,
October, 1863; assigned to duty as adjutant of recruiting, and was
on duty at Readville, Mass. Mustered first lieutenant of Company
G, Fifty-eighth Regiment and was with the regiment through the
battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in the
march across the James; in engagements June 16th, 17th, 18th, in
front of Petersburg and the Battles of the Mine, July 30th; taken
prisoner September 30th at Poplar Grove fight. In prison at Libby
and Danielsonville, Va., and Salisbury, N. C. Exchanged Feb. 22,
1865. Went to oil fields, Pennsylvania. Proprietor of a store in
New Bedford; in the real estate business in Boston; deputy state
constabulary from 1866 to 1870. On account of poor health retired
from all business until 1873, when he was appointed postmaster of
Fair Haven, which position he held fourteen years. Director of
National Bank of Fair Haven, and its president from 1881 until July
1, 1904. Treasurer of Fair Haven Institution for Savings since 1886.
Chairman of School Board.
MOWRY, WILLIAM I.; 18; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Fourth Cavalry,
Aug. 20, 1863. Discharged at Richmond, Va., Nov. 14, 1865. Boss
carpenter at Tecumseh Mills. Lives in Fall River.
MILLERICK, JOHN; 25; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Company F,
Fifty-eighth Regiment, and was in all the battles of the regiment;
wounded in battle; captured and had his arm amputated in a Rebel
prison; paroled Aug. 10, 1864, and mustered out July 13, 1865. Night
watchman for several years. Died Mar. 31, 1878, leaving a widow and
seven children.
MELLOR, CHARLES H.; 18; Fall River. Unknown.
MCKENNY, FELIX. JR.; 21; Fall River. He was wounded at Blount’s Creek
by the falling of the limb of a tree, which was cut off by a Rebel
shell. A barber in Fall River.
MCDERMOTT, THOMAS; 28; Fall River. Re-enlisted March 12, 1864. Died
of wounds July 5, 1864.
MCPHEE, THOMAS; 40; Fall River. Dead.
MCDONALD, DANIEL; 28; Fall River. Unknown.
MCNAUGHTON, CHARLES; 38; Westport. Died Feb. 11, 1894.
MCGUINNESS, EDWARD; 37; Fall River. Died Jan. 3, 1900. A widow and
several children survive him.
MCGOWAN, JOHN; 30; Westport. Unknown.
OGDEN, HENRY; 25; Fall River. Died in 1893.
PAGE, HATHAWAY B.; 20; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Sixtieth Infantry.
Dead.
POOL, JOHN; 44; Fall River. Dead.
PETERS, JOHN; 29; Fall River. Re-enlisted March 12, 1864, in Company
F, Fifty-eighth Regiment. Died in Salisbury prison, North Carolina,
Jan. 15, 1865.
PLATT, CHARLES; 19; Fall River. Unknown.
PETTY, HIRAM S.; 30; Westport. Re-enlisted in Second Heavy Artillery,
Company I. Mustered out Sept. 3, 1865, at the expiration of his term
of service. Dead.
PICKLES, JAMES; 26; Westport. Unknown.
RYAN, JEREMIAH; 44; Westport. Believed to be dead.
ROBOTHAM, JAMES; 18; Westport. Dead.
SHEHAN, DANIEL; 25; Fall River. Dead.
SHERMAN, WILLIAM H.; 25; Fall River. Lives at the Soldiers Home,
Togus, Maine, and has charge of the steam in connection with the Home.
SHAY, MICHAEL W.; 19; Fall River. Dead.
SARGENT, JOHN; 23; Fall River. Dead.
SANFORD, SYLVESTER; 22; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Company G,
Fifty-eighth Regiment. Works at carpentering and stone work in South
Westport, Mass., where he resides.
SOULE, ROBERT F.; 18; Westport. Lives in Bakerville, Dartmouth.
Farmer.
SHAW, CHARLES; 42; Westport. Dead.
SMITH, ROBERT; 35; Westport. Supposed to be dead.
TRIPP, ALLEN H.; 25; Westport. Died in Providence, R. I.
WISE, WHITLOCK; 27; Westport. Unknown.
WADE, VERNON; 28; Fall River. Re-enlisted, sergeant in Sixtieth
Massachusetts Regiment. A faithful soldier, a true patriot, a
successful business man, trusted and respected by all. Resides in
Fall River, where he carries on a grocery business.
WOODCOCK, JONAS; 36; Fall River. Dead.